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WASHINGTON — An escaped prisoner charged with bank robbery was arrested in Southeast D.C. Tuesday after he fled from a Virginia hospital, launching a manhunt that lasted through the morning and involved two carjackings and…

WASHINGTON — A man died Thursday after he was shot multiple times and Fairfax County police are looking for four men who may be involved. Santos R. Zelaya, 64, was found suffering from multiple gunshot…

WASHINGTON – Two international students looking for work were lured to a home in Fairfax County where police say they were drugged and sexually assaulted. The two women, ages 20 and 31, were treated at…

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens released running back Bernard Pierce on Wednesday, hours after he was charged with drunken driving. Baltimore County police said an officer stopped a Ford Mustang that was speeding around…

BALTIMORE (AP) — In a March 17 story about stabbings at Morgan State University, The Associated Press, relying on information provided by the Baltimore Police Department, reported erroneously that three people were stabbed on the…

WASHINGTON — Fairfax County recovered two bodies, both with injuries to their upper bodies, from wooded areas in different neighborhoods of the county Monday afternoon. The cases are not believed to be connected, but are…

WASHINGTON — A problem with the Metropolitan Police Department’s computer system may be causing District prosecutors to provide incomplete case information to defense attorneys. Those omissions of evidence may call into question thousands of convictions. The Washington Post reports…

WASHINGTON — A Maryland man who was shot while walking in Silver Spring died early Tuesday morning. Jonathan Lopez, 24, of Brentwood, Maryland, was shot as he walked along Piney Branch Road Monday night. He…

WASHINGTON — Manassas Park and Cougar elementary schools were on lockdown Tuesday afternoon after two young men — one carrying a rifle — were seen outside near the school campus. Both men were apprehended by…

WASHINGTON — The remains of a missing Gaithersburg man with dementia were discovered behind a Kentlands, Maryland-area doughnut shop early Wednesday morning. Montgomery County police say that Harmohinder Bakshi, 67, was found about 4:30 a.m.…

WASHINGTON — In the future, if you get pulled over by Montgomery County police, you just might be looking into a camera worn by a police officer. The Montgomery County Police Department is applying for…

WASHINGTON — The weekend death of Officer Brennan Rabain in a traffic crash is a fresh reminder of the risks officers face, and the toll that crashes take on the lives of law enforcement. Rabain, 26, is the third…

FAIRFAX, Va. – A new task force will examine use of force and community relations policies for the Fairfax County Police Department as an 18-month-old investigation into a fatal police shooting that prompted the probe…